Crisis Assistance Ministry

Services: Provide emergency financial/food assistance to low-income households who are having a financial crisis Must live in the greater Gastonia community Financial assistance is limited to rent/mortgage, utility bills, some prescription medicines and some transportation expenses. Layoff assistance provided.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Eligibility: Must live in Greater Gastonia area. No income scale, but income and household expenses are considered.

Documents To Bring: Personal interview required. Some exceptions for homebound individuals and those who work during business hours.

Loaves & Fishes

Services: PURPOSE: To provide emergency food to people in crisis for a two or seven day period SERVICES: Emergency food assistance. No self-referrals.

Eligibility: Must be screened by local human services agencies or ministries. All referrals must go through Central Telephone System.

Documents To Bring: Must wait 30 days between referrals. Need the following information for referral: 1. name & ss# for all adults in household; 2. Current address; 3. Total number in household; 4. Number in household over 65 or under 18 years old; 5. Household income; 6. How many days of food (2-7)?

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. - The Writings of Madame Swetchine.

Jewish Family Services of Greater Charlotte

Services: A non-profit social service and counseling agency dedicated to providing a full range of services to the community. JFS offers therapy, case management, educational programs and a food pantry.

Jackson Park Ministries

Services: SERVICES: Food pantry is self-referral by appointment only on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; clothing closet for children; afterschool program for children Tuesdays and Thursdays (tutoring, mentoring) for children in the neighborhood who go to Berryhill Elementary; half day summer camp for children K-14; gym for recreational use by all in the community. Recreational programs include basketball teams for children k-18. Job Partnership program trains people on how to get jobs and keep jobs; must be over 18 to participate; Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Pre-job guidance counseling on Tuesdays. Summer day camp for children 5-14. 16-week parenting class is offered periodically; anyone is eligible; call to find out when class is meeting. Individual, family and marriage counseling. Discipleship programs. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR FAMILIES: Apartments for 12 families who are having a housing crisis, parenting classes, marital counseling, financial counseling all in a Christian context. Families are carefully screened to make sure they are motivated to change.

Hours: Monday - Thursday, Self referral by appointment

Eligibility: Varies by program but all in neighborhood welcome to apply for all. Housing programs open to homeless who want to change life.

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him -
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord -
and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,
or decide by what he hears with his ears;
but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
Righteousness will be his belt
and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

-- Isaiah 11:1-5

One could logically deduce that anyone who usurps, opposes (or seeks to prevent) that is unwise, ungodly, unjust, unrighteous, wicked and unholy.

For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

"Vengeance is mine", says the Lord. "I will repay."

(His hand is still upraised.)

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